Mechanic&#39;s rule and pencil holder



J. R. PLATT.

MECHANICS RULE AND PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED ocr 19, 1920.

1 gg 3 59 Patented July 18, 1922.

JAMES R. PLA'I'T, OF HARTFORD, ARKANSAS.

.IVIECI-IANICS RULE AND PENCIL HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Eniy t8, ifif'zifl Application filed October 19, 1920. Serial No. 417,866.

To all '(U/LOWL it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES R. PLATT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Sebastian and State of Arkansas, have; invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanics liule and Pencil Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and eflicient means for receiving and securely holding either a pencil or a oarpenters or mechanics rule or both in convenient position for access by the mechanic, arranged either in the pocket of the work suit or overalls or attached to any convenient portion of the clothing, whereby the act of bending over or stooping on the part of the operator will not serve to displace or disarrange or cause the dropplng of the articles as when they are placed loosely in a pocket; and with this object in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the drawings, wherein- Figure l is a perspective view of a holder embodying the invention with a pencil and folding rule arranged in the operative position therein,

Figure 2 is a similar view of the holder,

the rule and pencil being omitted.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of holder,

Figure 4 is a view of the blank from which the holder is formed, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary rear elevation of the holder.

The device consists of a base plate 10 forming the main fold of the blank indicated in Figure 4 at one edge of which is arranged an upturned or outwardly directed flange 11 shown in Figure 4 as a narrow flap separated from the main fold by a dotted line, and connected with the forward edge of said flange and forming an integral part of the blank is a tongue 12 disposed substantially parallel with the base and having a rea-rwardly or inwardly directed lip 13 provided with extensions 14 projecting through elongated openings or slots 15 in the base plate and turned over or headed to secure the same in position,

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the tongue 12 with the adjacent portion of the flange l1 and the lip 13 constituting a pocket or keeper for the reception of a folding rule 16 shown in Figure 1.

The forward or outer surface of thebase plate constitutes a seat for the rule and terminates at its lower end in a stop car 17 extended outwardly or forwardly from the plane of the base or main fold and min forced by an overlapping extension 18 at the lower end of the flange 11.

The tongue 12, is provided with a downwardly extending reduced ear 12 and which is deflected toward the seat and is adapted to yield, said extension being resilient to exert a spring pressure upon the rule to yieldingly hold the same in the seat or pocket and prevent accidental displacement thereof while permitting the withdrawal of the rule when required for use without necessitating the exercise of any considerable or obj ectionable amount of force.

Beyond the plane of the line of attachment of the lip 13 to the base plate, the blank is extended to form a. lip 18 which is rolled transversely to form an expansible tube for the reception of a pencil 19 upon which is exerted a frictional pressure sufficient to hold the pencil in place while permitting the withdrawal and insertion of the same with facility, the inner side of the tube being open and spanned by the lip 13, against which the surface of the pencil is frijctionally held by the spring action of the tu e.

At its rear side the base of the holder carries a fastening means which. in the construction illustrated consists of a safety pin 20 connected with a portion 21 at the upper end of the holder from a loop 22 or the equivalent thereof, to the end that the pin may readily be engaged with the clothing of the mechanic or with the wall of the pocket of the overalls or other garment in which the device is to be placed, to prevent the accidental displacement thereof.

Inasmuch as the pencil holding tube is arranged adjacent to and substantially parallel with the rule pocket or seat, the penoil is held in such relation to the side edge of the rule as to adapt the latter to afford a protection for the point of the pencil, so that the latter is not liable to breakage by reason of movements of the operator or mechanic, but inasmuch as the rule and pencil are independently held in place by separate seats or means, the independent removal of said devices for use, is permitted without involving the displacement or loosening of the other.

What is claimed is:

l. A ineohanics rule and pencil holder struck from a blank having a main fold upturned at one edge to form :a flange, a transverse tongue extending from the free edge of the flange and provided with an extension lip extending toward the main fold, the portion of the opposite edge of the main told beyond the plane of said lip being rolled to form a tubular pencil seat of which the open inner side is spanned by said extension lip.

2. A mechanics rule and pencil holder struck from a blank having a main fold upturned at one edge to form a flange, a trans verse tongue extending from thefree edge of the flange and provided withan extension lip extending toward the main fold, the portion of the opposite edge of the main fold beyond the plane of said lip being rolled.

to form a tubular pencil seat of which the open inner side is spanned by said extension lip, and said tongue carrying an inwardly extending resilient finger.

3. A' mechanies rule and pencil holder struck from a blank having a main fold upturned at one edge to form a side flange, a transverse tongue extending from the free edge of theflange and provided with an extension lip attached to an intermediate por tion of themain told, the portion of the opposite edge of the main fold beyond the plane of said lip being rolled to form a tubular pencil seat of which the open inner side is spanned by said extension lip, said tongue carryingan inwardly extending re- 

